Before 'passing sentence' [=announcing the punishment], the judge commented on the seriousness of the crime.
I could hear the 'passing of' a distant train. [=I could hear a distant train passing]
The football team needs to improve its 'passing game'. [=its ability to pass the ball]
(..) of the world's most powerful nation by the greatest landslide in history four months ago. And you are the man dismantling your own legacy with each passing day. No one will remember the Civil Rights Act. But they will remember the standoff in Selma when you never even (..)2014 Selma
(..) Normally, they're separate. But during the Alignment, everything is connected, all nine realms. All nine realms are passing through each other and gravity, light, and even matter, is crashing from one world to the other. But if this happens to us now, (..)2013 Thor: The Dark World
(..) - What? - I don't have time for this. I have to solve a murder. Please, tell me what you saw. Well, I didn't see anything. I was passing by the locker room. It was late, past time anyone should be there. I heard movement on the other side of the locker-room door. I heard Bizu say: (..)1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again